8 Newcastle Stars Who've Played Their Last Game For The Magpies
5. Jonas Gutierrez
Gutierrez is scheduled to return to Newcastle at the start of July to commence pre-season training but it remains to be seen how long he remains on Tyneside with Alan Pardew eager to erase the affable Argentinian's name from the wage bill this summer. There have been rumours insinuating that Gutierrez will have his contract terminated by Magpies such is their desperation to drive him out of St James' Park and his January loan switch to Norwich in January came about due to clause that would trigger a new deal once he had played a set number of games. Something the Club were desperate to prevent. The manager told me in December I was not going to play any more and told me to find myself another club," a confused Gutierrez revealed to the Mirror. "I dont know why it happened and I still dont understand what I did wrong. There were no rows with Alan Pardew or anything like that. He just said I needed to leave and that was that." But the reprehensible treatment of Gutierrez doesn't come as a surprise to us given the unsavoury depths Newcastle have sunk to in recent seasons. Five years of committed service, including one in the Championship, instantly written off and it's plausible to suggest the 30-year-old has played his last game in black and white.
